ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,786, issued on April 22, was assigned to SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China) and OPPLE LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Light distribution element and lamp" was invented by Shengjie Qiao (Suzhou, China) and Guolong Ni (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a light distribution element and a lamp, the light distribution element is configured to distribute light for a light source, and the light distribution element includes at least two first light distribution modules arranged along a height direction of the light distribution element, the at least two first light distribution modules s...